A historic week for UK

Starting with the challenge today to the Attorney General to release the government legal advice on May’s deal, and finishing on Friday with Sue Wilson’s UKEU Challenge case in the High Court, this week will see the biggest battle so far for Britain to Remain in Europe.

But here’s the question. What is still driving the Leavers, now that every possible economic assessment shows that the current deal we have with Europe (staying in) is the best deal we will ever get? Sadly, what drives many of them is the shabby motive of bigotry. Ending freedom of movement is such a motivator for many that they are prepared to be worse off, under the illusion that they will not have to live nextdoor to foreigners.

Meanwhile, modern Britain is full of families who are part-Irish, part-Dutch, part-Polish, etc., and ending freedom of movement curtails Britons’ rights, damages young people’s employment and educational opportunities, and threatens the economy and the NHS. Brexit is madness on both an economic and human scale.

As the Brexit battle goes into its final stage, we sadly begin to realize that the only motivation left for so many leavers is simply racism and bigotry. There is no other way to put it. It was well put in this article by Matthew d’Ancona at the weekend.

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Finestrat town hall: Matilde and the mirror donkey

Matilde let out a bray of surprise when she saw her reflection in the mirrored window of Finestrat town hall. Click on the image to go to a sound file of donkeys braying in turn in a market. There is a great selection of different braying sounds.

Finestrat Weather from AEMET

El Parral is not a donkey sanctuary

I bought two donkeys in 2010 and both turned out to be pregnant. I couldn’t risk the foals going somewhere they might not be treated well, so I kept them and ended up with four adults!

It was easy supporting them when I was working full-time but I am now retired on a very small pension. Food, regular vet and farrier fees, plus annual Ministry of Agriculture admin costs all add up. Any donations would be gratefully accepted. This is not a registered charity but simply a very low budget private keeper trying to give four donks a good life.